Monday May 15, 2017

In a study, conducted by FIU post-doctoral researcher Justyna P. Zwolak and alumnus Remy Dou, suggests increasing the interactions among students in introductory science courses may hold the key to increasing the number of STEM graduates.

Friday June 9, 2017

July

Higher education gets a reboot when it comes to math

Sunday July 9, 2017

The first Mastery Math Lab, opened in 2012 with its high-tech, high-touch approach to improving student performance (at the time a mere 30% passing rate for college algebra), has been such a success that a second lab is now open, and today that pass rate hovers in the 70% range.

August

Interest in science classes is contagious

Wednesday August 9, 2017

Excitement is contagious in a science classroom and could lead to greater interest in science careers, according to a new national study led by FIU professors Zahra Hazari and Geoff Potvin.

Tuesday November 7, 2017

Nov. 8 is national STEM day, something Zahra Hazari knows a lot about. She is trying to recruit at least 10,000 more women to pursue physics degrees in the United States by 2020. It’s an endeavor that would have seemed impossible 30 years ago, a time when no one seemed to care that women were not flocking to careers in STEM — no one except an elite few like Yesim Darici. When she joined FIU in the mid-1980s, Darici became the first female physics professor in the state of Florida.